The BBC's fight against AI companies is not simply about copyright. It is about whether decades of journalism can be used to train commercial AI systems without undermining the future economics of news itself.
Almost every Indian believes Bollywood stars make a run for the bank only from their movies. But today, these celebrities are savvy investors, diversifying their wealth into startups, companies, stock markets, and venture capital opportunities. From Shah Rukh Khan’s family office co‑investing ₹100 crore with Ashika Group to Juhi Chawla’s net worth of ₹7,790 crore from cricket and real estate, Bollywood has transformed into a serious wealth engine. This article decodes the "secret portfolios" of SRK, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, and others, revealing how they earn more from business than from box office collections.
Shopify's new AI-first hiring philosophy requires employees to prove AI cannot handle a task before requesting additional headcount, potentially reshaping how modern companies grow.
For a brief period after the pandemic, it seemed like Indian cinema had fundamentally changed forever. Big films were arriving on streaming platforms within weeks—some skipping theatres entirely. But in 2025, the industry swung back. The Indian box office hit a record high of ₹13,000 crore, up 14% from the previous year, while digital and OTT revenues for films declined 7% year-on-year to ₹2,900 crore. This article analyzes the great theatrical resurgence, the economics of the 8–12 week window, and how OTT platforms are pivoting from blockbuster acquisitions to smarter, data-driven content bets. We also explore what this means for producers, exhibitors, and the future of movie-watching in India.
India's D2C sector is entering a new phase where profitability, retention and operational discipline matter more than growth at any cost. Investors are rewarding fundamentals over hype.
In an ecosystem that measures success in valuation milestones and funding rounds, Gynoveda's Rachana Gupta offers a different definition — one measured in lives changed and health restored. Her story reveals something that the startup world often forgets: impact and excellence are not opposites. They are often the same thing.
India's unicorns are not merely financial instruments generating returns for their investors. They are institutions — shaping employment norms, digital infrastructure, policy conversations, and the expectations of an entire generation about what work, wealth, and possibility can look like.
When IndiaAI published its compendium of over 100 startups and nonprofits deploying artificial intelligence for population-scale impact, it was received as a useful directory. What it actually represents is far more remarkable: documented proof that AI is beginning to reach the people for whom it could matter most.
One turned a mother's worry into a billion-dollar brand. The other walked away from a one-crore salary to build a cosmetics empire. Both made unconventional bets at moments when convention was screaming at them to stand down. We examine what their choices reveal about the nature of founder conviction — and what the Indian startup ecosystem must learn from it.
In 1995, Sanjeev Bikhchandani was a 32-year-old marketing professional with a steady job. He and his wife invested their life savings — ₹8 lakh — to start a small business in his father's backyard shed. Their idea: a job portal called Naukri.com. The problem? India had barely 10,000 internet connections, and almost no one looked for jobs online. Everyone said he was crazy. But Sanjeev believed that the internet would change everything. Today, Naukri.com is India’s largest online job portal, with over 70 million registered users and 150,000+ recruiter clients. His company, InfoEdge, is a $10 billion publicly traded giant that has also funded successful startups like Zomato, PolicyBazaar, and Swiggy. This article traces Sanjeev's journey from a backyard startup to a pioneer of Indian internet, and from a job portal founder to one of India’s most respected angel investors.